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Highlights: the white and rosé Nyetimber 1086 wines, icon-level English sparkling wines

March 29, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3434 Views Sparkling wine

Nyetimber’s presige cuvées are named 1086, referencing the date of the Nyetimber manor’s inclusion in the Doomsday book. They are

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The debut releases from Walgate & Co, some of England’s most interesting still wines

March 24, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 9672 Views

Website: https://walgate.eco/ This was a chance to taste the debut release from Ben Walgate’s new venture, post leaving Tillingham. ‘In

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Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3365 Views Pinot Meunier, Sparkling wine

This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from

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Highlights: Everflyht Brut NV Sussex, England

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3378 Views

Website: https://www.everflyht.com/ This is a single vineyard estate at the foot of Ditchling Beacon in the South Downs, in East

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Highlights: Fractal Sequence 001 NV England

October 29, 2023 jamiegoode 5243 Views

This is an interesting project. It’s a collaboration between William Lowe (who is a master of wine) and Nick Lane

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New releases from Flint Vineyard, East Anglia

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 6799 Views

I’ve written about impressive East Anglian winery Flint Vineyard before here and here. They are doing some interesting things. I

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Sugrue South Downs, one of the UK’s leading sparkling wine producers

September 23, 2023September 26, 2023 jamiegoode 6311 Views

Website: https://www.sugruesouthdowns.com/ Dermot Sugrue is one of the most respected sparkling winemakers in the UK. He was winemaker at Nyetimber

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Highlights: Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

August 23, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3187 Views Sparkling wine

This is superb. The new Blanc de Blancs from Hattingley Valley. Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. This

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Visiting Gutter & Stars, an urban winery in a Cambridge windmill

August 9, 2023August 10, 2023 jamiegoode 8447 Views

Website: https://www.gutterandstars.co.uk/ Chris Wilson is a journalist-turned-winemaker. He was – and still is – a wine journalist, but turned to

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Highlights: Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England

July 23, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 2917 Views

This is the debut vintage of the Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé, and it’s based on the 2016 vintage. The idea

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

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As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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